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Palestinian cities, towns and villages

 

CTV - from Sa'ad to Surif

Cities, towns and villages
 

Map Key:
- Name
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Popular Map coordinates (Carta, etc)
- Longitude,   Latitude
- District, location in relation to nearby landmark
- Population and category
- Details as available

Sa'ad

105,98

34,32    31,29

Negeb

Kibbutz founded 1947.

Sabastiya

168,186

35,11     32,17

8 km NW of Nablus

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,500

Safa (as)

202,205

35,33      32,27

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Safad (Safed)

196,263

35,29       32,58

Galilee

Arab town captured by Zionist forces May 6-12, 1948. At the time, it had 18,000 Palestinian Arabs and 2,000 Jews. The Haganah evicted the most non-Jewish residents. Today, it is a Jewish city, Pop.: 14,500

Safariyya

136,156

34,51        32,0

5 km SE of Tel Aviv

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948; resettled by Zionists in 1949 as Moshav Zafriyya, and at another adjacent site in 1951 as Tohelet, a Kibbutz. Pop.: 1922 - 1,306; 1944 - 3,070

Saffa

155,146

35,3       31,55

13 km W of Ramallah

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,300

Saffarin

160,185

35,6       32,16

10 km SE of Tulkarm

Arab village

Saffuriyya

177,240

35,16     32,45

4 km NW of Nazareth

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Resettled as a Zionist Moshav in 1949 and renamed Zippori.

Safriyya (as)

137,155

34,51     31,59

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Safsaf

193,269

35,27        33,2

Safad District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Resettled as a Zionist Moshav in 1949 and renamed Sifsufa.

Sahmata

179,268

35,18               33,1

Acre District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sajad

142,131

34,55         31,47

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sajur

182,260

35,20         32,56

Galilee

 Druze village, Pop.: 1,500

Sakhina (as)

193,214

35,27         32,32

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sakhnin

177,252

35,17       32,52

Galilee

 Arab city, Pop.: 15,000

Salama

133,161

34,49        32,3

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel after its capture on April 29, 1948, before the May 14, 1948 end of the Mandate & creation of the Zionist state.

Pop.: 1922-1,187; 1944-6,730

Salbit

148,142

34,58       31,52

4 km N of Latrun

Arab village destroyed by Israel. Resettled in 1951 by Zionists as a Kibbutz.

Salfit

168,216

35,11        32,33

20 km N of Ramallah

 Arab city. Pop.: 3,500

Salha

192,275

35,26         33,5

Galilee (Lebanese border)

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1949. Resettled by Zionists as a Kibbutz in 1949 and renamed Yir'on

as-Salihiyya

205,285

35,34        33,10

Safad District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Salim

168,216

35,11       32,33

15 km NE of Hadera

Arab village

Salim (Nablus)

181,179

35,19         32,13

6 km E of Nablus

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,100

Samakh

205,235

35,34          32,43

Tiberias District

 Arab village. Site of brutal Haganah assault on April 28, 1948. The villagers were forced to leave and it was destroyed after its capture.

Samakiya (as)

202,254

35,33     32,53

Tiberias District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Samiriyya (as)

197,205

35,29      32,27

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sammu'i, (Es)

193,267

35,27      33,0

Safad District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sammu'i (Hebron)

193,267

35,27        33,0

Hebron District

 Arab village, 23 km S of Hebron. Pop.: 4,000

as-Samra

208,238

35,36       32,44

Tiberias District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sanbariyya

207,293

35,36       33,14

Lebanese border

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1947, resettled by Zionists from South Africa, it is now a kibbutz renamed Ma`yan Barukh

Sandala

180,214

35,19        32,32

Near Mt. Gilboa

Arab village. Pop.: 800

Sanniriya

154,170

35,2       32,8

10 km SE of Qalqilya

 Arab village. Pop.: 1,000

Sanur

173,195

35,14          32,21

12 km SW of Jenin

 Arab village, Pop.: 2,200

Saqiyya

136,159

34,51          32,2

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

 Pop.: 1922-427; 1944- 1,100

Sar`a

147,130

34,58          31,46

14 km W of Jerusalem

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Resettled by Palmach soldiers in 1949 and renamed Kibbutz Zor`a.

Sarafand

145,229

34,56          32,40

Haifa District, 6 km S of `Atlit

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948, resettled as a Moshav in 1949 and renamed Zerufa

Sarafand al-'Amar

136,151

34,51          31,57

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sarafand al-Kharab

133,148

34,49         31,56

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sarid

171,229

35,13          32,40

4 km SW of Nazareth

Kibbutz founded in 1926 by Russian Zionists. Served as a Palmach and Haganah military base in 1948 War.

Saris

157,133

35,4          31,48

10 km W of Jerusalem

Arab village captured by Haganah in Operation Harel on April 13-20, 1948 and destroyed. Resettled as a Zionist Moshav in 1950 and renamed Sho'eva

Sarona

194,236

35,27           32,43

Galilee

Moshav founded 1913. Abandoned and resettled in 1938.

Sarra

168,179

35,11             32,13

6 km W of Nablus

Arab village

Sarta

158,167

35,5              32,6

15 km SE of Qalqilya

 Arab village, Pop.: 800

Sa'sa'

188,271

35,24              33,3

Safad District

Arab village brutally attacked by Haganah Feb. 14, 1948. The Haganah blew up 14 homes killing 11 Arab civilians there. It was captured and later destroyed, and resettled in 1949 as a Zionist Kibbutz of the same name, Sa'sa'.

Sataf

164,129

35,8          31,45

Jerusalem District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sawafir Gharbiya

123,124

34,43           31,43

Gaza District, 16 km NE of Majdal

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Resettled as a kibbutz and renamed `En Zurim.

Sawafir Shamaliya

124,123

34,43            31,42

10 E of Majdal

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948

Sawafir Sharqiyya

125,120

34,44                31,41

 Gaza District, 11 km E of Majdal

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948

Sawiya (as)

174,165

35,15        32,5

15 km S of Nablus

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,000

Sawalima (as)

138,169

34,52         32,7

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel. Location approximate. (Also Sawalmah). Pop.; 1922-70; 1944-800

Sayl al-Jizl

202,208

35,33       32,28

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sede Eliyyahu

199,206

35,31        32,27

6 km S of Beisan

Kibbutz founded in 1939 as a military stockade

Sede Nahum

195,214

35,28         32,32

2 km NW of Beisan

Kibbutz founded 1937 as a military stockade

Sede Nehemya

208,288

35,36       33,12

5 km E of Qiryat Shemona

 Kibbutz founded 1940 by Zionists from N. Africa, Holland and Austria

Sederot

111,103

34,35     31,32

14 km S of Majdal

 Major Zionist city founded 1951. Pop.: 10,000

Sede Warburg

141,179

34,54      32,13

2 km N of Kefar Sava

Kibbutz founded 1938 by Zionists from Germany

Sede Ya`aqov

163,233

35,8     32,42

2 km SE of Qiryat Tiv'on

Moshav founded 1927.

Seida

161,199

35,6      32,24

12 km NE of Tulkarm

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,200

Seidun

143,138

34,55      31,50

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Seifa

100,106

34,29      31,33

Gaza Strip

Arab village

Sha`ab

173,254

35,14       32,53

Galilee

 Arab city. Pop.: 3,000

Sha`ar Ha`Amaqim

160,236

35,6        32,43

1 km NE of Qiryat Tiv`on

Kibbutz founded 1935 by Rumanian Zionists

Sha`ar HaGolan

206,232

35,35        32,41

8 km S of Tiberias

Kibbutz founded 1937 as a military stockade

Shabton

154,153

35,2       31,58

10 km NE of Ramle

Arab village

Shadmot Devora

191,233

35,26        32,42

Galilee

Moshav founded in 1939

Shahma

133,135

34,49         31,49

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Shamir

211,285

35,38         33,10

9 km SE of Qiryat Shemona

Kibbutz founded 1944

Sha'ra

193,237

35,27         32,44

Tiberias District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sharafat

168,128

35,11      31,45

2 km SW of Jerusalem

Arab village next to Beit Safafa. Captured in 1967 and the land just south of it was turned into an exclusive Jewish settlement that was later incorporated as an illegal Israeli city and today named "Gilo."

Shatta

193,218

35,27        32,34

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel with Arab help. The tenants of this village leased their lands from the Sursock family of Beirut, which sold most of its holdings by 1947 to the Jewish National Fund and the American Zion Commonwealth. Resettled by Zionists who established Bet HaShitta, a Kibbutz, in 1935 that grew to encompasse all the Arab homes. Nearby is a concentration camp for Arabs called Shatta.

Shave Ziyyon

158,265

35,5       32,59

Galilee

Moshav founded in 1938 by German Zionists

Shefar`am

166,245

35,10      32,48

Galilee

 Arab city, Pop.: 15,000

Shefayyim

133,180

34,49        32,13

N of Jaffa

Kibbutz founded 1935 as a Palmach military & terrorist base.

Sheikh Ahmad

96,101

34,27      31,27

Gaza District

 Arab village, named after a local sheikh.

Sheikh `Ajlin

95,101

34,25       31,30

Gaza Strip 2 km SW of Gaza

Arab village

Sheikh Bureik

144,231

34,56       32,41

2 km S of `Atlit

Arab village

Sheikh Dannun

164,266

35,8         32,59

Galilee

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,000

ash-Sheikh Muwanis

133,168

34,49         32,7

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Shejara

189,240

35,24        32,45

 Tiberias District, just E of Nazareth

Arab village destroyed by Zionists. Captured by the Haganah  on May 6, 1948. The Haganah razed the town.

Shilta

153,146

35,1       31,55

Ramla District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Shufa

157,186

35,4        32,17

8 km SE of Tulkarm

Arab village

Shu`fat

171,136

35,13        31,49

Just N of Jerusalem

Arab village captured by Haganah on April 23, 1948. Recaptured by Arabs several months later. The village is strategically located on a hill North of Jerusalem that overlooks the entire city. Now a suburb of Jerusalem, it was recaptured by Israel in June, 1967.

ash-Shuna

196,257

35,29       32,55

Safad District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Shuqa et-Tahta

209,291

35,37        33,13

Safad District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Shuqba

153,154

35,1         31,59

16 km SE of Tel-Aviv

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,000

Shuweika

153,193

35,1          32,20

3 km N of Tulkarm

 Arab village, Pop.: 2,500

(Esh) Shuyukh

164,109

35,8            31,35

7 km NE of Hebron

Arab village

Si`ir

163,110

35,8             31,35

4 km NE of Halhul

 Arab city, Pop.: 5,000

Sikka (as)

144,99

34,56        31,29

16 km SW of Hebron

Arab village

Silat Ed Dhahr

167,191

35,10         32,19

13 km NW of Nablus

Arab village

Silat Kharitiyya

171,212

35,13        32,30

NW of Jenin

 Arab village, Pop.: 3,000

Silwad

174,154

35,15          31,59

10 km NE of Ramallah

 Arab village, Pop.: 3,000

Silwan

173,130

35,14         31,46

Just SE of Jerusalem

Arab village

Sindyani, (as)

152,218

35,1       32,34

 Haifa District, 4 km SE of Ziqron Ya'aqov

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sinjil

175,160

35,15        32,3

17 km NE of Ramallah

 Arab village, Pop.: 2,000

Sir

179,196

35,18         32,22

6 km NW of Tubas

Arab village

Sirin

200,229

35,31         32,40

Beisan District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Siris

177,192

35,17        32,20

12 km N of Nablus

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,400

Sitriyya

135,114

34,50        31,37

16 km E of Majdal

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948, resettled in 1949 as a Zionist Moshav by Polish immigrants

Suba

163,132

35,8        31,47

Jerusalem District

Arab village captured by Haganah in Operation Harel on April 13-20, 1948 and destroyed.

Subbarin

154,219

35,2     32,34

Haifa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sufla

155,125

35,3         31,43

Jerusalem District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sulam

181,223

35,19         32,36

4 km E of `Afula

 Arab village, Pop.: 1,000

Sumayriyya (as)

160,263

35,6        32,58

 Acre District, 5 km NE of Acre

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Summeil

140,165

34,53          32,5

Jaffa District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948. Location approximate. Also known as al-Mas'udiyya.

Summeil (Gaza)

132,117

34,48           31,39

Gaza District

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948.

Sumeiriya

162,265

35,7           32,59

10 km N of Acre

Arab village destroyed by Israel in 1948

Sur Bahir

173,126

35,14            31,44

Just SE of Jerusalem

Arab village

Surda

169,149

35,12          31,56

4 km N of Ramallah

Arab village located between Birzeit and Ramallah and near an illegal Israeli settlement. The flashpoint between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.

Surif

156,117

35,3       31,39

6 km W of Kefar Etzion

 Arab city, Pop.: 3,200